block size has to be increased. thats for sure! its just a matter of HOW. XT is the bullys way of forcing things. better is BIP100 or 102
without XT we wouldn't even talk about it, would we?
afaik there were discussions going on before XT. but yes it wouldnt have been a discussion in this thread and in general "public", but that would have been the better solution and way dealing with this.